SPM Al-Adab wa al-Balaghah study plan

Define the three core splits of 'Ilm al-Ma'ani (khabar/insha', the eight ahwal al-musnad ilayh, and the requirements of al-musnad) and write a one-paragraph definition of each from memory

Classify 30 short Qur'anic and poetic lines as khabar or insha' and label the sub-type (istifham, amr, nahy, tamanni, nida', qasam) with the grammatical marker that signals it

Distinguish the three degrees of assertion (ibtida'i, talabi, inkan) and match each to the contextual cue (empty mind, doubting listener, denier) that licenses it

Build a personal glossary of 25 Ma'ani terms (musnad, musnad ilayh, dhikr, hadhf, ta'rif, tankir, taqdim, ta'khir) with one original example sentence each

Analyse how ta'rif and tankir shift meaning by rewriting five neutral sentences into definite and indefinite variants and stating the rhetorical effect of each shift

Explain the rhetorical motives for taqdim and ta'khir (restriction, emphasis, suspense, rhyme) and produce two original examples per motive

Explain the motives for hadhf (ellipsis) versus dhikr and identify the recovered element in ten elliptical constructions

Apply the fasl and wasl rules (connective waw versus asyndeton) to ten paired clauses and justify each choice

Define tashbih, its four pillars (musabbah, musabbah bih, adat, wajh al-shabah) and its four categories by wajh al-shabah (tamthil, ghayr tamthil, mufassal, mujmal) with one example each

Distinguish tashbih baligh from isti'arah and convert five tashbih baligh examples into isti'arah, naming the musta'ar lahu

Classify ten isti'arah instances as tasrihiyyah or makniyyah and as asliyyah or taba'iyyah, quoting the evidence for the classification

Explain the difference between isti'arah and majaz mursal (relation types: sababiyyah, musabbabiyyah, juz'iyyah, kulliyyah) and label eight examples

Explain kinayah and distinguish it from majaz, giving three original kinayah expressions with their intended meaning

Explain the three conditions that make a tashbih baligh (dropping the adat, dropping wajh al-shabah, and the wajh being a single attribute) and test six examples against them

Define the main Badi' figures of verbal embellishment (jinās tamm and naqis, iqtibas, saj', radd al-'ajuz 'ala al-sadr) and write one original example of each

Define the main Badi' figures of معنوي embellishment (tibaq, muqabalah, tawriyah, iltifat, ta'kid al-madh bi-ma yushbih al-dhamm) and write one original example of each

Apply the tawriyah test to five sentences by naming the qarib and ba'id meanings and explaining which reading the context forces

Parse a full classical ode excerpt line by line, identifying metre, rhyme letter and the rhetorical figures in each line

Build a reusable annotation template (metre, rhyme, figure, effect, link to theme) and apply it to three poems from different eras (Jahili, 'Abbasid, modern)

Analyse a prose passage from a classical maqamah or khuṭbah for parallelism, saj' and rhetorical argument structure

Write a 300-word commentary on one poem excerpt that links at least four figures to the poem's overall meaning rather than listing them

Map the Jahili-to-modern timeline of major authors and movements, naming at least 15 authors with era, genre and one representative work each

Explain the role of the mu'allaqat, the muwasshah, and the maqamah in the development of Arabic literary form, in two paragraphs each

Identify the key features of the neo-classical (al-Barudi, Shawqi, Hafiz) and Romantic (Mahjar, al-Mahjar) schools and contrast them in a table

Summarise the contribution of three major critics or theorists of Arabic rhetoric and poetry to the field in one paragraph each

Write a timed 45-minute rhetorical analysis of an unseen poem excerpt, covering metre, figures, and how form supports meaning, without notes

Self-mark the timed analysis against a rubric (accuracy of figure naming, justification, coverage, structure) and log the three weakest points

Practise the Ma'ani diagnostics that most often appear in unseen-text questions (why definite here, why fronted here) on ten short passages

Rewrite two weak paragraphs from the timed analysis so that every figure claim is followed by a 'because' clause

Take two full mock papers under exam timing and record the score and error type for every question

Classify every error into Ma'ani, Bayan, Badi', literature or analysis, and re-teach the two weakest sub-topics with fresh original examples

Review the glossary, figure bank and timeline from weeks 1-6 and correct any definition that now looks imprecise

Rehearse a 10-minute verbal explanation of one unseen text's rhetoric, then check it against the rubric